Sleep on, my love, sleep on It's never good with you gone And you only stay if you sleep through the day My sleeping love, sleep on Come ride this train with me We'll see the north country And all day we'll lie like when we die Come ride this train with me Goodbye to father and mom Three thousand miles from home When I was born, I was already grown They know not where I roam I never sleep at night I gotta wait until it's light I lie awake and weep, and I never sleep I cannot sleep at night